WASHINGTON, D.C. - Shortly after declining to reserve fall TV ad time to oppose freshman Rep. Dave Joyce's re-election, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced it will run paid online ads to oppose the Russell Township Republican but wouldn't say how much it would spend on those ads.

"We don't disclose specifics on the size of the buy," said DCCC spokesman Marc Brumer, forgetting that his group last week detailed precise amounts - sometimes exceeding $1 million - it spent for TV ad reservations elsewhere in the country.

The online ad trumpeted by the DCCC has a picture of a hand holding an envelope stuffed with cash, and text that says: "Rep. David Joyce shut down the government ... but voted to keep taxpayer funded healthcare for life."

To back up those claims, the DCCC cites House votes Joyce made last year for government funding bills that could not pass the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate because they would have defunded implementation of Obamacare.

The group also contends Joyce's vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act would also have let members of Congress keep their government subsidized health insurance after they retire, a practice discontinued by Obamacare.

Never mind that Joyce has declined health insurance from Congress, and has coverage under a plan provided by his wife's employer. Or that he is a cosponsor of the "No Health Care for Life for Congress Act of 2013," which would render former members of Congress and their dependents ineligible for government insurance if the Affordable Care Act is repealed.

"Democrats in DC are just trying to take the heat off candidates like Michael Wager who support Obamacare," Benacci said. "Plain and simple, the truth is that Dave Joyce gave up his taxpayer-funded healthcare."

Wager is the Democratic Moreland Hills attorney running against Joyce. Earlier this year, the DCCC declared him an "emerging candidate" that may get its help.

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